I didn't get around to ordering or mailing any of the toddler's "picture with Santa" Christmas cards this year, except for the three little overpriced ones I got when we took the pic, but that's what Facebook and blogs are for, right? I wrote a post earlier this month about her first encounter with Santa, and this is the final product. She was all giggles, and is so happy. It's...

Yesterday was a rite of passage for the toddler: her first visit to a mall Santa. My mom and I took her, and I turned to my mom at one point and asked if we, meaning me and my three brothers, ever went to see Santa, because if I had I don't remember and she answered in four words: "I had four kids." Okay, fair enough. Plus, the nearest mall...